Throughout my years in graduate school in the UA College of Optical Sciences program, I have been an active member of Women in Optics (WiO). WiO is club that focuses on the engagement and support of women in STEM fields that involves professional development and networking opportunities for the students in the college as well as opportunities for community outreach for underrepresented minorities in the Southern Arizona region. Data from the National Science Foundation’s (NSF’s) Science and Engineering Indicators 2014 reveal that as of 2010, women make up 28 percent of science and engineering workers. This percentage has been gradually increasing over the past decade but recent studies have shown that there is a lower retention rate for women in STEM positions than in other professional or managerial roles. The Northeast Scientific Training (NEST) retreat work in 2014 indicates that in order to diversify and maintain a minority presence in the STEM workforce, it is important for participants to learn how to communicate scientific research to a non-science audience and for these persons to have access to mentors early on in their careers. I have partnered with Dr. Jill Williams of UA Women in Science and Engineering (WISE) to build ties with the WISE interns through a series of training workshops to teach them how to present optical science demonstrations at a variety of outreach events throughout the year. The WISE interns are comprised mostly of women undergraduate students, some of which are minority women and first generation college students. The participants of this program will work closely with graduate students in the College of Optical Sciences through training sessions, build workshops to explore new demonstration ideas, and outreach events throughout the year, which will include WISE’s Expanding Your Horizons events and the College of Optical Sciences’ Laser Fun Day. This program will encourage students to learn optics through hands-on learning, communicate technical information to a non-science community, and have the opportunity to build relationships with graduate student mentors.